Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Real women –Real experiences-4 Abortion by tablets

Real women –Real experiences-4

A mother brought her daughter for consultation who was of
17 years of age. They had married her one year ago but the ceremony of ‘Gauna’
was yet to be performed. Meanwhile she was meeting up with her husband and now
she was pregnant. They were from village
and belonged to poor socioeconomic strata.

Obviously the pregnancy is unwanted.

Termination of unwanted pregnancy in underage patients
requires certain legal and social formalities.

Many a private
practitioners will be unwilling to take such responsibility.

There is a long waiting list in Govt. run hospitals and
setup. Privacy also is an issue and patients are unwilling to opt for such
facility.

In such desperate situations ,patients may fall into
wrong hands and become prey of illegal practices

The heart of the problem lies in continued education and
making rules simpler for the Gynaecologists and health care providers for easy
and safe accessibility to abortions either by tablets or surgical D&C

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